Newly Qualified Preceptee Nurse

Integrated Care System; Thatcham; On-site; GBP 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Thatcham is seeking a newly qualified Registered Nurse to join their team. In this role, you will work 37.5 hours per week, supporting patients with mental health conditions while benefiting from a comprehensive Preceptorship Academy. Competitive salary and numerous development opportunities are offered to enhance your career in nursing.

Benefits

Annual salary of £31,695

Welcome Bonus up to £5,000

33 days annual leave

Free meals and parking

Wellbeing support

Career development training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Qualifications

• Must be a newly qualified Registered Nurse with relevant qualifications.
• Must have NMC registration to practice.
• Must possess strong team-working skills and motivation.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients with mental health conditions in their recovery.
• Participate in the Preceptorship Academy for 12 months.
• Work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Strong team-working skills

High level of self-motivation

Flexible approach

Positive attitude

Caring and compassionate nature

Commitment to high-quality care

Education

Relevant nursing qualification

NMC registration

Job description

You've just qualified as a nurse and are looking to choose your first job. One that will give your career the best start and the support you need. Elysium Healthcare, part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network, offers a unique approach to the delivery of care with over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education.

Main duties of the job

As a newly qualified Registered Nurse, you will be automatically enrolled onto Elysium's Preceptorship Academy for 12 months of expert support, training and supervision to help you apply your academic knowledge in real-life situations. You will work 37.5 hours per week (12 hour shifts) at Thornford Park, helping people with mental health conditions through their recovery pathway to lead as fulfilling and independent life as possible. You will be developed to grow into a confident, autonomous professional with refined skills, values and behaviours, and have opportunities for continuous professional development and career progression.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees. It is part of Ramsay Health Care, a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally. Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users.

Job responsibilities

When you join Elysium as a newly qualified Registered Nurse, you are automatically enrolled onto our Preceptorship Academy. That’s 12 months of expert support, training and supervision to help you apply your academic knowledge in real life situations.

You will be developed to grow into a confident, autonomous professional with refined skills, values and behaviours. That’s on top of your new role helping to change the lives of others and making a difference.

As a preceptee nurse, you’ll work 37.5 hours per week (12 hour shifts) at Thornford Park where you will help people with mental health conditions through their recovery pathway to lead as fulfilling and independent life as possible.

No two days are the same, with plenty to keep you engaged and motivated, a good amount of routine and colleagues there to help and encourage you.

Your personal development matters, after all, a better you means better care. So expect plenty of development opportunities to continually develop yourself throughout your career with Elysium, with openings or promotion open to all – over 2,000 of our staff were promoted last year. You could be one of them this year.

Things that you will have

• Relevant nursing qualification
• NMC registration
• Strong team-working skills
• High level of self-motivation and a flexible approach
• Positive attitude and be naturally caring and compassionate
• Commitment to high-quality care and to values and evidence-based practice

Where you will be working

You will work at Thornford Park which is a combination of medium secure and low secure units and rehabilitation flats. The service provides a seamless internal care pathway supporting and empowering patients in their recovery and rehabilitation.

You will work alongside the multidisciplinary team to provide personalised assessment and treatment programmes for males with mental illness/complex care needs as well as those with personality disorder. Service users may have histories of offending and/or may have failed in previous placements.

What you will get

• Annual salary of £31,695 (Inclusive of a £2,200 for forensic allowance & £1,000 for location)
• Welcome Bonus up to £5,000
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers.

*Applicants who require sponsorship for this role and are applying from outside the UK will be eligible for an alternative International Relocation Package, further details of which can be provided on application.

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Relevant nursing qualification, NMC registration, strong team-working skills, high level of self-motivation and a flexible approach, positive attitude, naturally caring and compassionate, commitment to high-quality care and to values and evidence-based practice.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.